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E'. J. S. HUTE, MINBRS P10K.

No. 529,271. v Patented Nov. 13, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATnNr FRANK JACOB SEEM HUTE, OF PENDLEBURY, ENGLAND.

EVINERS PICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,271, dated November13, 1894. Application niet Aprn 23.1894. senti No. 508,754. montan.)Bateman nngitnaonober 31,1892,N019520 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK JACOB SEEM I-IUTE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Pendlebury, in the county of Lancaster, England,haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in Miners Picks; and I dodeclare the following to be afull, clear, and eX act description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereomwhich form a partof this specification.

My invention was patented in England, October 3l, 1892, No. 19,520, andrelates to certain new and useful improvements in miners picks which areadapted to be removably held in a suitable slot in the end of thehandle, and according to my invention, instead of forming an eye or holein the pick, as is the case in the construction of picks commonly inuse, and passing it over the wooden shaft or handle, I form a recess inthe side of the pick and introduce the pick into a socket speciallyformed to receive it, said socket having two sides which curve over atthe top.

The end of the shaft or handle is formed with a tapered openingcorresponding to the recessed portions of the pick and of acorresponding slope or taper.

In assembling the parts ofthe pick together, the handle or shaft ispushed up into a socket, and the recessed portion of the pick is theninserted into the socket and simultaneously into the tapered opening inthe end of the shaft, and by being delivered a blow, the pick expandsthe divided end of the shaft and secures it into the socket. A channelwedge is then driven between the curved portion of the socket and thetop of the pick and thus the parts are eectually secured together.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the sameconsistsin the novel construction, combination and adaptation of theparts as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specificallydefined in the appended claim.

I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, whichwith the letters of reference marked thereon form a part of thisspecification, and in which drawings, similar letters of referenceindicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure l, isa perspective View of the pick as attached to its handle. Fig. 2, is across sectional view through the recessed portion of pick and handle;Fig. 3 a longitudinal section through the pick, and Fig. 4, a top planview of the pick showing its recess.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A,represents a pick having the recesses a, a., and suitably attached to anend of a handle B, is a bifurcated socket O, and the arms C', slightlytaper on their inner faces and their upper ends are curved or turneddownward as at D, D. The recesses in the side of the pick have taperingsides corresponding to those of the sides of the socket.

E is a channeled wedge, which is adapted to engage with the downwardlycurved ends D, sliding on the upper surface of the pick when said pickis inserted in the socket. The arms forming the socket being somewhatresilient, the pick is forced into the socket and the channeled Wedgewhen forced home, will firmly hold the pick in its socket. This form ofsockets is applicable also for hammers or any kind of handles, where itis desired to remove the heads for convenienttransportation,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a miners pick hammer or the like, the use and employment ot' a headportion slotted as described, the bifurcated socket having arms whoseinner faces are beveled, and their upper ends curved downward incombination with a handle, and a channeled wedge engaging with thedownwardly curved ends D to securely retain the pick in the said socket,all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK JACOB SEEM HUTE.

"Witnesses GEO. MOUNT, MAURICE RAW.

